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Heppner beats Umatilla to clinch Mustangs defeat Rockets at district
District 7 2A championship
The Heppner Mustangs rode
balanced scoring and a pressure
defense to the District 7 2A cham
pionship Friday and Saturday, Feb.
22 and 23 at the Pendleton Conven
tion Center. The Mustangs advance
to the Regional Tournament in
LaGrande this Friday and Saturday.
March 1 and 2, seeking a trip to the
Class 2A State Tournament in
Pendleton the first week of March.
Heppner 79 Umatilla 64
The Mustangs faced the Umatilla
Vikings for the District 7 2A cham
pionship and the important number-
one seed into the Regional Tourna
ment this weekend. Heppner had
defeated the Vikings twice this year,
once by a single point.
The Mustangs broke on top and
led 19-15 after one quarter. Umatilla
came back and took the lead 33-31
at the half. The Mustangs were hav
ing trouble defensing 6’6” Justin
Noble and 6’3" Matt Iveson.
The second half was all Heppner
as Iveson got into big foul trouble
and fouled out early. The Mustangs'
press wore down the ball-handling
short Vikings and Heppner scored
repeatedly on the steal or the break.
Heppner had a decided advantage
at the free throve line, canning 24-37
while Umatilla shot 3-11 from the
charity stripe.
Rick Koffler led the Mustangs in
scoring w ith 19 points on 7-11 from
the field and 4-5 from the line. Three
other Mustangs were in double
figures in the balanced scoring at
tack. Bob Krein had 15 counters
despite limited playing minutes
because of foul trouble and Jason
Brin and Doug Devin each had 14.
Devin, a 5’10” senior, also led
Heppner with 11 rebounds, seven
steals and six assists for a good all-
around performance. Brandon Pedro
also hit the boards for 10 rebounds.
Iveson was tops for the Vikings
with 18 points Rusty Green, who
was harassed by Jason Britt the en-
Heppner 66 Pilot Rock 56
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Doug Devin (43) and Rick Koffler play defense against Umatilla.
1; Koffler 6-11 4-5 19. Totals 27-76 24-37
79.
I'matilla: Beitel, Sunday 3-10 2-5 9; Pur
sifull 2-9 1-3 5; Green 5-13 2-2 12; iveson
9-13 0-2 18; Thomas, Nobles 5-5 0-1 10;
Pells 1-1 2. Totals 29-60 3-11 64.
Total fouls Heppner 15 I matilla 24.
Three point goals: Heppner-Koffler;
I'matilla-Green 2, Sunday.
tire afternoon scored 12 and Nobles
added 10.
Heppner
Umatilla
19 12 27 21 79
15 18 20 11 64
Heppner: Currin 0-4 1-4 1; Maben 0-1
0; Krein 4-6 7-9 15; Brin 5-16 4-7 14; Osmin
2-9 4; Pedro 2-12 5-6 9; Johnston; (Irabeel;
Rathhun 1-5 2; Devin 6-12 2-4 14; Bond 1-2
The Mustangs were challenged by
the Pilot Rock Rockets on Friday
night for a spot in the District Cham
pionship game the following day.
Heppner started quickly and led
16-8 at the quarter. The Mustangs
increased their lead to 30-20 at
halftime against the only CBC team
to defeat the Mustangs this year. The
defensive effort for Heppner was ex
cellent in the first half with the com
bination of pressure in the back court
and solid half court defense shutting
the Rockets down.
Heppner increased their lead to
47-33 after three quarters and led by
as much as 15 points with six
minutes to play. The Rockets made
a determined run, cutting the
Mustang lead to three points late in
the quarter as Heppner couldn't hit
free throws down the stretch. Hepp
ner shot only 13-27 for the game.
The Mustangs sprinted away in the
last two minutes of the game, mak
ing the final score 66-56. Jason Britt
and Brandon Pedro topped the
Mustangs with 14 points each. Five
other Mustangs had from six to nine
points, spreading the scoring around
evenly.
Rob Quaempts led the Rockets
with 25 points and Jeremy Rasico
added 19 points but Pilot Rock got
only 12 points from the rest of the
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Jason Britt (22), Bob Krein and Brandon Pedro (30) watch Pilot
Rock player go for score.
team.
Pedro led Heppner with seven re
bounds and seven steals.
Heppner
16 14 17 19 66
Pilot Rock
8 12 13 23 56
Heppner: Currin 3-4 0-3 6; Krein 2-6 5-6
9; Britt 6-16 1-3 14; Osmin 3-7 6; Pedro
7-13 0-2 14; Grabeel; Rathbun 1-2 1-2 3;
Devin 3-11 2-7 8; Bond; Koffler 1-2 4-4 6.
Totals 27-62 13-27 66.
Pilot Rock: Hemphill 0-2 0-0-0; Thacker
0-8 3-4 3; Miller 0-3 0-1 0; Nelson 1-2 0-0
2; Rasico 7-16 5-6 19; Erickson 1-3 1-2 3:
Quaempts 11-22 3-4 25; Tresham 1-1 2-2
4. Totals 21-57 14-19 56.
Total fouls Heppner 18 Pilot Rock 24.
Three point goals Heppner-Britt.
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“ Weve got great news, too. When
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a race organizer. The first three
ducks across the finish line will win
$100 for first prize. $75 for second
and $50 for third.
Ducks may be rented for $3 at
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By Lisa Willman
A good sized crowd of Heppner
fans was on hand for the first game
of the District 7 tournament Friday,
Feb. 22 at the Pendleton Convention
Center. The Fillies squeaked by the
Stanfield Tigers in overtime, 40-37.
The first quarter was slow for the
Fillies as they had problems shutting
out Stanfield’s 6 ’2” senior Michelle
Marcum. Marcum scored the first
three baskets before the Fillies could
slow her down. Meanwhile the
Fillies offense wasn’t going well as
Stanfield ran a 2-2 zone and had their
fifth player guard Nikki Brisbois.
With 4:22 left in the first quarter the
score was 3-12 in favor of Stanfield.
The Fillies came back and caused the
Tigers to turn the ball over three dif
ferent times and scored twice. At the
end of the first quarter Stanfield led
by seven.
The Fillies controlled the second
quarter scoring 50 percent from the
field and working together to catch
up and pull ahead. The Fillies scored
seven times before Stanfield got
worried and called a time out, which
slowed the game down tremendous
ly. At halftime the Fillies were ahead
24-21.
In the third quarter Stanfield
started playing a full court press and
the Fillies made some bad passes.
With 5 minutes left the Tigers tied
the score at 27. A minute and a half
later Stanfield took the lead. With
2:30 left Holly Eckman stole the ball
and went the length of the court for
a layup. The score was tied for the
second time at 29. The Fillies got
through the Stanfield press twice but
missed on layups. With eight
seconds left in the quarter Nikki
Brisbois sank two baskets at the
charity line to put the Fillies ahead
31-29.
In the final quarter Stanfield came
out right away to score and tie the
game at 31. The Fillies, however,
came back with two baskets of their
own Amy Greenup squeezed
through the Tiger’s press on a layup.
The Fillies had a six point lead when
a worried Stanfield coach called a
time out. Stanfield connected on
their next two trips down the court
and with 1:56 left in the game Stan
field scored again to tie the game for
the fourth time at 37. Stanfield ran
a stall in the last 48 seconds of the
game hoping to make a last second
shot. The shot failed sending the
game into overtime.
The Fillies came out with a 3-2
zone while Stanfield continued their
press, but neither team's shots were
sinking. Amy Greenup got fouled
with 1:29 left and connected on one
out of two to put the Fillies in the
lead by one. With 30 seconds left in
overtime the Fillies ran a stall and
Greenup got fouled again, sinking
one out of two. Nikki Brisbois then
got fouled on a rebound giving her
a shot at the line with a one and one.
Brisbois connected on the first one.
The Tigers were unable to get the
ball back down the floor giving
Heppner the win, 40-37.
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■ ■ K J M T P h o t o by Joyce Hughes
Holly Eckman (30) shoots layup against Stanfield
The Fillies were eight for 20 from added 13.
Nikki Brisbois scored 13 points
the foul line while Stanfield was one
for the Fillies while Holly Eckman
and nine.
Michelle Marcum led the Tigers and Amy Greenup added 10 and nine
with 14 points and Terissa Griffin respectively.
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